I started CPAP therapy about 3 weeks ago. I'm a side sleeper with a full face mask and week 1 with a normal pillow was horrible. Constant leaks waking me up every night. I decided to try a CPAP specific pillow and after doing some research, I found that this pillow was highly rated on several different lists. However, I was hesitant to order it because the shape just looked so weird. It didn't look like it could possibly be comfortable. Instead, I tried the Lunderg Parkin pillow, but found it to be somewhat uncomfortable and I was still having leaks. I gave in and ordered the EnduriMed pillow based on its reviews. What a difference! I normally don't sleep on memory foam, but this pillow is SO comfortable. The cut outs fit my mask perfectly and cradle my head comfortably. I had no leaks and slept through the whole night! I'm considering ordering another one just to have in case something happens to this one. If you wear full face and are a side sleeper I can't recommend this pillow enough! Read more
After switching to a full face CPAP mask and having issues with a regular pillow causing my mask to leak and leave long lasting red marks on my face I started researching CPAP pillows. There aren't too many helpful videos or comparisons of CPAP pillows, only general recommendations. The 2 that I found were consistently recommended were the Contour CPAPMax Pillow 2.0 and this EnduriMed pillow. I decided to buy both hoping one would fix my issues. The EnduriMed pillow came first and so I slept with it for 2 nights before the Contour pillow came and I was impressed. When the Contour pillow came I unpackaged it and started testing it out. I knew pretty much instantly that I wanted to keep the EnduriMed. Here are my thoughts: 1) These pillow share one thing in common which is that they are both firm, or at least firmer than what I am used to. I believe this could be a necessity with CPAP pillows to prevent the mask from sinking into the pillow too much (which caused all my issues). 2) The quality of the Contour pillow seemed cheaper to me and the design way more simple/basic. It's just a regular firm pillow with cut outs on the sides which might work for some people but never felt like it would for me. The cut outs were a bit too big for my head so that when I would lay on my side, the top of my head wasn't supported as well which would allow my head to fall right off the side into the cut out opening. The EnduriMed cutout opening is not as big. This of course means that if you have a larger head perhaps the Contour pillow would fit better but I don't think I have that small of a head and the EnduriMed cutouts just seemed to be a better size. Also as you can see in the images of the EnduriMed pillow, it has 4 cutouts which just allow you to flip the pillow around to give you a different fit which may work better for some people. If your forehead isn't supported well while your mask is off to the side of these pillows, the pillow won't work. Your head will fall off the pillow. The EnduriMed was a better fit for my head (and I'd guess the majority of heads out there). 3) The side cutouts on the EnduriMed are much better. With the Contour pillow they are basically cliffs with a straight drop off. Each side of the EnduriMed pillow are more like a hill with a gradual slope to the bottom. They do this with a slightly softer foam in the pillow's cutouts that provide a softer less firm support for your mask and mouth area. This is so much better than what the Contour pillow provides which is nothing, just a cliff. This makes getting your head and mask positioned comfortably on the EnduriMed pillow much easier than with the Contour pillow which in my testing and trying to make it work was just way more difficult because you have to perfectly position your head at the edge of the pillow for your mask to go off the sides and not into the pillow. Overall, the EnduriMed pillow seems to be higher quality, a more thoughtful, smart and engineered design that just made way more sense then the Contour pillow which by contrast seemed cheaper and has a very basic design which did not fit me. That doesn't mean it won't fit you but I'd say you'd have a better chance with the EnduriMed pillow. It's more flexible in it's design which allows more people to find the right position/fit as well as having smart cut outs instead of dumb cutouts make it a much more functional comfortable pillow. I'm honestly surprised that the Contour pillow get's such glowing praise and seems to always be the overall recommended CPAP pillow across most websites I came across. Maybe I'm a dummy that couldn't figure out how to use it correctly, but IMO the EnduriMed is way better and should always be recommended over the Contour. I've been using the EnduriMed for about a month now and it's resolved all mask issues. Read more
I use an AirSense 10 CPAP with an AirFit F20 full mask. For years I used a relatively firm memory foam pillow. Sleep quality was pretty good; however, I found that I needed to sleep on the edge of the pillow or tighten the headgear to ensure the mask didn't get pushed too far and create a leak (some nights I found that my nose was actually touching the side of the mask). The tight mask caused deep creases in my cheeks. After using the EnduriMed CPAP pillow, I found that I could loosen my headgear and still have no leaks (greatly reducing the mask marks on my face). I ordered a combo pack of the pillow and a white cooling pillow case (it was cheaper than separately buying the pillow and cooling pillow case). The price was comparable to memory foam pillows in stores. The pillow already comes with a cotton pillow case, so I figured I had a spare. However, I found that the special pillow cases are unnecessary. The pillow fits in standard allergen covers and pillow cases. If I had a do-over, I would just order the pillow and not the special cooling pillow case. In general, I am happy with this pillow. The only reason that I did not rate it five stars is that it is very firm, even more firm than my previous memory foam pillow. The firmness is probably necessary to make sure the pillow doesn't interfere with the mask; however, it took some getting used to. I would rate this pillow closer to five stars if fractional ratings were possible. I recommend this pillow and will order another one when the time comes. Read more
